{"id":18478,"date":"2013-04-24T14:55:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T19:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=18478"},"modified":"2024-01-18T07:13:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T13:13:23","slug":"samsung-galaxy-s-4-delayed-on-sprint-and-t-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2013\/04\/samsung-galaxy-s-4-delayed-on-sprint-and-t-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy S 4 Delayed on Sprint and T-Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you were so moved by Samsung&#8217;s <del>shit-storm of an unveiling<\/del>&nbsp;presentation at their Galaxy 4 event last month and were counting the days you&#8217;d be able to head to your local Sprint or T-Mobile store to pick one up, you may be in for a longer wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>AllThingsD<\/em>&nbsp;has confirmed that both Sprint and T-Mobile are delaying their retail dates for the Samsung flagship device citing inventory delays. It appears that neither Sprint or T-Mobile will be able to stock their retail operations in time for the official Saturday release of the next gen Galaxy S but AT&amp;T has confirmed in-store&nbsp;availability. If you&#8217;re on the 3rd and 4th place carriers in the U.S., chances are that the delay is a little disappointing to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an effort to get in front of some possible bad press, Samsung released a statement indicating that the inventory shortages are &#8220;<a title=\"Bloomberg Tech - Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BloombergTech\/status\/327117182263783424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">due to overwhelming global demand of Galaxy S4<\/a>,&#8221; though we&#8217;ll take that with a grain of salt after Samsung&#8217;s J.K. Shin admitted to CNET that a prior omission of the Exynos5 octa-core processor in Galaxy S4s to be sold in the U.K. and U.S. was in large part due to component sourcing issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is a new Galaxy S 4 in your future; let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20130424\/sprint-delays-retail-launch-for-samsung-galaxy-s4\/\">AllThingsD<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bummer alert! If you&#8217;re on Sprint or T-Mobile, your Galaxy S4 dreams might be on hold. 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